And for a Saturday nightcap out in LA the fourth-seeded Clippers, in a rematch of a first-round series from last season that went the full seven games, host the fifth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies (10:30 pm ET, ESPN).

As of Friday morning most NBA betting outlets were listing the Knicks at -7 points for their Game 1 over Boston; the Nuggets at -8 over the Warriors; the Nets at -4.5 over the Bulls; and the Clippers at -5 over the Grizz.

Also, New York was lined at -400, Boston at +320 to win that series; Denver was listed at -550 over Golden State (+425) to win that series; Brooklyn at -140 over Chicago (+120) to win that series; and LA at -170 over Memphis (+150) to win that series.

Moving on to Sunday, the Indiana Pacers, the three seed in the East, host the sixth-seeded Atlanta Hawks (1 pm ET, TNT).

Then the San Antonio Spurs, the two seed in the West, host the seventh-seeded (and Kobe-less) Los Angeles Lakers (3:30 pm ET, ABC).

And the Oklahoma City Thunder, the top seed in the West, host the eighth-seeded Houston Rockets (9:30 pm ET, TNT).

In early Game 1 betting the Pacers were favored by seven points over the Hawks; the Spurs were favored by nine points over the Lakers; the Heat were favored by 13 points over the Bucks; and the Thunder was favored by 10 points over the Rockets.

For these series Indiana was favored by -420 over Atlanta (+330); San Antonio was chalked at -900 over Los Angeles (+675); and Oklahoma City was favored by -2000 over Houston (+1200).

Finally, on the NBA championship board the defending league champion Heat were listed as -150 favorites, followed by the Thunder at +300; the Spurs at +750; the Clippers at +1000; the Pacers and Knicks at +1500; the Nuggets at +1700; the Grizzlies at +2500; the Bulls at +3500; the Lakers at +4000; the Nets at +4500; the Celtics at +8000; the Hawks and Warriors at +10000; the Rockets at +15000; and the Bucks at +25000.